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Greece Issues Tsunami Alert & Indonesia Java Quake Kills Scores
Greece Issues Tsunami Alert After Magnitude 5.6 Earthquake Struck Island
The quake was at a depth of 80 km (49.71 miles), EMSC said. It measured 5.5 on the Richter scale and hit 60km (37 miles) to the northeast of Siteía, the independent monitoring organisation reported. BBC News 21 NOV 2022. https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/...q=60&m=2&f=jpg The tremor prompted authorities to issue a tsunami warning and urge residents to take care. People have been warned to move away from the coast and reach a higher place. The earthquake is reported to have been felt as far away as north Africa. No injuries or damage to buildings has been reported in any of the areas affected. |
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Indonesia Earthquake
Mag 5.5 Earthquake Reported 14 km Northeast of Sukabumi, Indonesia BBC News 21 NOV 2022. https://volcanodiscovery.de/uploads/...map7210448.jpg An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 occurred only 15 minutes ago 14 km northeast of Sukabumi, Indonesia, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported. The quake hit at a shallow depth of 10 km beneath the epicenter near Sukabumi, West Java, Indonesia, around noon on Monday, November 21st, 2022, at 1:21 pm local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report. Our monitoring service identified a second report from France's Réseau National de Surveillance Sismique (RéNaSS) which listed the quake at magnitude 5.2. Other agencies reporting the same quake include the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake at magnitude 5.4, and the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) at magnitude 5.4. Generally quakes of this magnitude are recorded by more than one agency and the results can vary, with subsequent reports that come in after the first one often showing more accuracy. Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should have been widely felt by almost everyone in the area of the epicenter. It might have caused light to moderate damage. Moderate shaking probably occurred in Sukabumi (pop. 276,400) located 14 km from the epicenter. In Ciranjang-hilir (pop. 77,800) located 24 km from the epicenter, Cicurug (pop. 89,000) 32 km away, Caringin (pop. 91,800) 32 km away, Bogor (pop. 800,000) 44 km away, Padalarang (pop. 124,900) 47 km away, Citeureup (pop. 110,200) 49 km away, Cibinong (pop. 188,700) 50 km away, and Bandung (pop. 1,699,700) 62 km away, the quake should have been felt as light shaking. Weak shaking might have been felt in Jakarta (pop. 8,540,100) located 78 km from the epicenter. |
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Indonesia: Java Quake Kills Scores and Injures Hundreds
An earthquake on the main Indonesian island of Java has killed scores of people and injured hundreds, say officials. The Guardian UK 22 NOV 2022. https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cp...331000x667.jpg https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cp...331000x667.jpg The 5.6 magnitude quake struck Cianjur town in West Java, at a shallow depth of 10km (6 miles), according to US Geological Survey data. Scores of people were taken to hospital, with many treated outside. Rescuers have worked through the night to try to save others thought to still be trapped under collapsed buildings. The area where the quake struck is densely populated and prone to landslides, with poorly built houses reduced to rubble in many areas. The exact number of people killed so far remains unclear. Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has said their official death toll was 103, adding that another figure given by regional governor Ridwan Kamil - 162 - remains unverified. BNPB said another 390 people were wounded and that 7,000 people had taken shelter in various locations in the area. Mr Kamil has claimed that a total of 13,000 had been displaced by the disaster, and that more remained "trapped in isolated places". He said officials were "under the assumption that the number of injured and deaths will rise with time". Herman Suherman, the head of administration in Cianjur town, said most injuries were bone fractures sustained from people being trapped by debris in buildings. "The ambulances keep on coming from the villages to the hospital," he was quoted by AFP news agency as saying earlier in the day. "There are many families in villages that have not been evacuated." Many of the injured were treated outside in a hospital car park after the hospital was left without power for several hours following the quake, West Java's governor said. On Monday night, Mr Kamil wrote on Twitter that it could take up to three days for power to be fully restored to the area. He added that mobile phone reception remained poor and was causing "a lot of problems" for officials. Map Showing Location of Earthquake in Indonesia https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/c..._640-2x-nc.png |
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